Sewn receptacle and method for making the same



F. BERGER Sept. 7, 1954 SEWN RECEPTACLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAMEFil ed May 18. 1953 Fig. 5

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61: flrneasy Patented Sept. 7, 1954 OFFICE SEWN REGEPTACLE AND ME HODFOR MAKING THE SAME Frederick Berger, Valley Stream, N. Y. ApplicationMay is, 1953, Serial No. 355,803

6 Claims; 1v

The present invention relatesto a receptacle; and more particularly to areceptacle of the'case or bag type having a tubular section with a wallsewn thereto to close an opening thereof, andto methods for making thesame.

Receptacles made of leather or leather substitutes of the type whichhave one tubular wall and other wall sections connected to such tubularwall by sewinghave heretofore been made in one of two ways; namely,either by hand' stitching or by machine stitching. Hand stitching, whichis by far the mostdecorative, most desirabl and the most expensive,because of the high cost of skilled labor, generally was formed with asingle line of stitchesthat connected-directly both of the wall sectionsto one another and which was exposed on the surface of both ofthe-"connected wall sections. In the machine sewn articles, only asingle line of stitching was employed, which was visible only on thesurface of one of the connected wall sections, without any stitchingappearing on the surface of the other. This characteristic of machinesewn articles, which, of course, wereless costly, was easily recognizedto distinguish it as a cheaper product from the hand sewn form ofthesame article.

It is the object of the present invention to provide receptacles of thecharacter described which are wholly machine sewn, but in which lines ofstitches appear on the surfaces of both wall sections of the article, togive it the appearance of a hand sewn article, thereby enhancing itsesthetic appearance as well as'its sale value.

It-i's another object of the present invention to devise a method bywhich a machine sewn article of the character described may be formed tohave the appearance of hand sewing.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide methods ofthe character described which are easy and economical to practice andmake the assembly of the articles easy and economical to carry out.

It is a still further object of the present invention to providearticles of the character described which are of strong, sturdy anddurable construction;

The foregoing and other advantages and superiorities of the products andmethods of themesent invention will become more readily apparent tothose skilled in the art from the one embodir'nentof a product of thepresent invention shown in the accompanying drawing and from thedescription following. It is to be understood, however, that suchernbodimeni') isshown by way of illustration my; to make the principlesand mate 2. tice of the'inventio'n more readily comprehensible andwithout any intent of limiting the invention to the specific detailstherein shown.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of areceptaclain-th'eform-of a case or bag,.having wall sections connected to one another bystitching, made in accordance with the present invention; partly brokenaway to show structural details;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, exploded view' of the upper portion of the bagor case'of Fig. 1-; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, enlarged, sectional view' taken-on line- 3-3 ofFig. 1.

As heretofore made; a bag or case such as illus trated in theaccompanying drawing, when hand sewn, was formed by placing the topand/o'r'bdttom wall over the edge of the'side walls and by handstitchingthe two wall sections by diagonal stitching that extendedthrough both walls and which appeared on the surfaces .of both walls. Informing such bags or cases by machine sewing, the tubular side wall wasformed with an in'-' wardly extending flange and the top and/or bottomwall was secured :by sewing to the flange with out thestitches appearinganywhere on the side wall.

In the illustrated embodiment the case or bag, which may be'formed' ofleather or any substitute for leather capable of receiving sewnstitches; is shown as comprising a: cylindrical or tubular side wall, ifhaving a slit, 'H', fomi'ed' therein, in the upper portion thereof,extending substantially transversely thereof and leaving a relativelysmall un-slitted connecting portion, I52, serving as .a hinge betweenthe separated upper and'lowerpart of the wall I0. A slide fastener, 13,connects the edges-of the slit I lto form a'closu-re for'the case.

The case comprises'further a top wall, l4, and a bottom wall, 1.5, whichmay preferably eachbe formed and secured to the side wall In in the samemanner. The top wall and the bottomwall each compriseta layer surface,ll, which may be of leather or other suitable surface forming ma terial,a stiffening layer, H], as of cardboard, which may be adhesively securedto' the surface layer ii, and a lining layer; [19;

To assemble the bag, the side walll'll, which may be lined 0n the insidefor stiffening if desired, is formed with anextension, 2 0, which ispreferably unlined and which is re-entrantly in wardly bent and securedin the inwardly folded position by a line of machine sewn stitching, 2-1which is passedthrough the extension 20 and are body of thewall Ill atasuitably short distance from the end edge, 22, of the wall It,sufficient to form a well to accommodate the thickness of the layers Hand [8 of the top wall I4, and also at a distance from the end of theextension 20, leaving a flap, 23. This flap 23 is then bent sideways andinwardly away from the wall H] to form a shelf, upon which thepreassembled top or bottom wall sections Hi or IE may be placed.

The top and bottom wall elements I! and I8 may preferably be adhesivelypreassembled, and the stiffening element [8 may have its undersideadhesively coated before insertion into the end of the cylindrical wall[0. The inner surface of the liner may also be adhesively coated andthereafter inserted from the inside, as through the slit H, and broughtup against the undersides of the flap 23. The top or bottom wall 14 or Eand the lining [9 may be thus adhesively secured to one another as wellas to both sides of the shelf formed by the flap 23. This may be done bythe insertion of a suitable block into the cylinder over which theaforementioned, adhesively coated portions may be hammered against oneanother. The block may then be removed and a second line of machine sewnstitching, 25, may be formed adjacent the edges of the top or bottomwall It or [5 passing through the sections [1 and I8 of the top orbottom wall, through the flap 23 and through the liner [9.

It will be apparent that the lines of stitching 2| and 25, although theyare separately separate, are disposed close enough to the edge of thecorner of the receptacle to simulate a single diagonal hand-formed lineof stitching, to thereby enhance the appearance and the commercial valueof the article.

While the products and method of the present invention have beenillustrated by the description and showing of a circular case, it Willreadily be understood that the same invention may be readily practicedwith bags or cases of other shapes such as rectangular or otherpolygonal shape or even of irregular shape.

This completes the description of the products and methods of thepresent invention. It will be readily apparent that the presentinvention provides a machine sewn receptacle or case of highlyattractive appearance, simulating a hand sewn article, by the provisionof two rows of stitches positioned to simulate diagonally formed handstitching. It will also be apparent that the product of the presentinvention is strong and sturdy and that it may be produced by simple andeasy methods that are economical to practice and do not require anyspecial machinery or any special skill or training on the part of theoperator.

It will be further apparent that numerous modifications and variationsin the products and the methods of the present invention may be made byanyone skilled in the art, in accordance with the principles of theinvention hereinabove set forth and without the use of any inventiveingenuity. I desire, therefore, to be protected for any and all suchvariations and modifications that may be made within the spirit of thepresent invention and the scope of the claims hereto appended.

What I claim is:

l. A receptacle comprising a tubular wall portion and a second wall inan end opening of said tubular wall portion, said tubular wall portionformed with an extension at said end re-entrantly bent on the insidethereof and having a line of stitching passing therethrough and throughsaid re-entrantly bent extension adjacent their fold line and spacedfrom the end edge of said extension, the free end portion of saidre-entrantly bent extension being laterally offset in shelf-likeformation, said second wall portion inserted into said tubular wallportion over said offset shelf and a line of stitching passing throughsaid second wall portion and through said offset shelf to secure saidsecond wall portion to said tubular wall.

2. A receptacle comprising a tubular wall portion and a second wallportion arranged in an end opening of said tubular wall portion, saidtubular wall portion formed with an extension at said end re-entrantlybent on the inside thereof and having a line of stitching passingtherethrough and through said re-entrantly bent extension adjacent thefold line and spaced from the end edge of the extension, the free endportion of said re-entrantly bent extension being laterally offset inshelf-like formation, said second wall portion inserted into saidtubular wall portion and adhesively secured to the said offset extensionportion, and a line of stitching passing through said second wallportion and through said offset shelf to secure said second wall portionto said tubular wall.

3. A receptacle comprising a tubular wall portion and a second wallportion arranged in an end opening of said tubular wall portion, saidtubular wall portion formed with an extension at its said endre-entrantly bent on the inside thereof and having a line of stitchingpassing therethrough and through said re-entrantly bent extensionadjacent their fold line and spaced from the end edge of said extension,the free end portion of said re-entrantly bent extension being laterallyoffset in shelf-like formation, said top wall portion including a facemember and a liner member, said face member disposed within said tubularwall over the outer surface of said laterally offset extension end, saidliner disposed within said tubular wall against the inner faces of saidlaterally offset extension end and a line of stitching passing throughsaid face member, said laterally offset extension end and said liner.

4. A receptacle comprising a tubular wall portion and a second wallportion arranged in an end opening of said tubular wall portion, saidtubular wall portion formed with an extension at its said endre-entrantly bent on the inside thereof and having a line of stitchingpassing therethrough and through said re-entrantly bent extensionadjacent their fold line and spaced from the end edge of said extension,the free end portion of said re-entrantly bent extension being laterallyoffset in shelf-like formation, said top wall portion including a facemember and a liner member said face member and said liner memberadhesively secured by their inner face to one another and respectivelyto the outer and inner face of said offset extension portion and a lineof stitching passing through said face member, said shelf-like formationand said liner to secure said second wall to said tubular wall.

5. The method for forming a sewn receptacle comprising the steps offorming a tubular wall having an end extension, folding said endextension inwardly into said tubular wall, passing an annular line ofstitching through said tubular wall and through said folded extensionadjacent their fold line and spaced from the free end of the extension,forming a second wall portion to fit snugly in said tubular wallportion, laterally offsetting the free end of said tubular wall exanannular line of stitching through said tubular 1 wall and said extensionadjacent their fold line and spaced from the free end of the extension,forming a second wall portion to fit snugly in said tubular wall portionincluding a face member and a liner member, laterally offsetting 15 thefree end of said tubular wall extension, inserting the said face memberinto said tubular wall against the outer face of said laterally offsetextension portion, inserting said liner into said tubular wall againstthe inner face of said laterally offset extension portion, and passing aline of stitching through said face member, said laterally ofisetextension portion and through said liner.

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